2017 karen continuers level public examination€¦ · karen continuers level wednesday 18 october:...

Student/RegistrationNumber Centre Number

2017 Public Examination

KarenContinuers Level

Wednesday 18 October: 2 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Reading Time: 10 minutes Working Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes

• Youhave10minutestoreadallthepapersandtofamiliariseyourselfwiththerequirementsofthequestions.Youmustnotwriteduringthistime.

• Monolingualand/orbilingualprinteddictionariesmaybeconsultedduringthereadingtimeandalsoduringtheexamination.

Section 1: Listening and Responding (30 marks)

Instructions to Students

1. Allow approximately 40 minutes for Section 1.

2. Write all your answers to the questions in Section 1 in this booklet in black or blue pen. Space is provided for you to make notes.

3. You must answer ALL questions in Part A and Part B.

4. Answer Part A in ENGLISH and Part B in KAREN.

5. Write your student/registration number and the centre number (if required) on the front cover of this booklet.

6. All question booklets will be collected at the end of the examination.

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Part A (Questions 1–3) (15 marks)

Yourresponsewillbeassessedonhowwellyou:• understandgeneralandspecificaspectsoftextsbyidentifyingandanalysinginformationandconveytheinformationaccuratelyandappropriately.

You will hear THREE texts. Each text will be played twice. There will be a short break between the first and second playings of each text. You may make notes at any time.

Listen carefully to each text and then answer the questions in ENGLISH.

MarksText 11. (a) What reasons does the teacher give to explain why there are

different forms of the Karen language?2

(b) Why is Sgaw Karen considered to be the standard form of the Karen language?

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You may make notes in this space.

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MarksText 22. (a) What is the purpose of this announcement? 1

(b) Why would Karen people attend the event? 4


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MarksText 33. What makes Ku Moo a good friend? 5


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Part B (Questions 4–6) (15 marks)

Yourresponsewillbeassessedonhowwellyou:• understandgeneralandspecificaspectsoftextsbyidentifyingandanalysinginformationandconveytheinformationaccuratelyandappropriately.

You will hear THREE texts. Each text will be played twice. There will be a short break between the first and second playings of each text. You may make notes at any time.

Listen carefully to each text and then answer the questions in KAREN.

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Section 2: Reading and Responding (25 marks)


1. Allow approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes for Section 2.

2. Write all your answers to the questions in Section 2 in this booklet in black or blue pen.

3. You must answer ALL questions in Part A and Part B.

4. Answer Part A in ENGLISH and Part B in KAREN.



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Part A (Questions 7–8) (10 marks)

Your response will be assessed on how well you:• understandgeneralandspecificaspectsoftexts( forexample,bycomparing,contrasting,summarisingand/orevaluating)andconveytheinformationappropriately.

7. Read the text and then answer in ENGLISH the questions that follow.

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QUESTIONSMarks

(a) What do elephants represent in Karen culture? 2

(b) What challenges need to be overcome in order for the elephants to survive? 3

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8. Read the text and then answer in ENGLISH the questions that follow.

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QUESTIONSMarks

(a) How is work organised in a traditional Karen community? 2

(b) Describe the traditional practice that occurs at the end of the harvest season. 3

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Part B (Question 9) (15 marks)

Your response will be assessed on how well you:• demonstrateanunderstandingofthestimulustext• writetextappropriateandrelevanttocontext,purposeandaudience• structureandsequenceinformationandideas• manipulatelanguagestructuresandvocabularyinKaren.

9. Read the text and then answer the question in approximately 150 words in KAREN on page 7.

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QUESTION

Write an email to Saw Po Gay, informing him of what he needs to do to make his parents happy.

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Section 3: Writing in Karen (20 marks)


1. Allow approximately 40 minutes for Section 3.

2. Write your answer to a question from Section 3 in this booklet in black or blue pen. Space is provided for you to make notes.

3. You must answer ONE question in KAREN.



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Section 3 (Questions 10–11) (20 marks)

Your response will be assessed on how well you:• demonstratedepthoftreatmentofinformation,ideasand/oropinions• writetextappropriateandrelevanttocontext,purposeandaudience• structureandsequenceinformationandideas• manipulatelanguagestructuresandvocabularyinKaren.

Answer ONE question from this section in approximately 250 words in KAREN.

10. Write an imaginative story about an event that was well organised but did not go according to plan. Your story will be published in a Karen magazine for teenagers.

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11. As a student leader, you have been asked to present an evaluative speech on the advantages and disadvantages of social media in our lives. Write the script of the speech that you will present at the next school assembly.

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